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~MELISSA~

Life is a cookie :-p

About Me


I'm a free spirited person who loves to stay busy. I've learned that life is never straight forward. Every time everything seems on track, an obstacle is presented. But I do love a challenge!
"...Live another day; climb a little higher. Find another reason to stay...If you're searching for a silent sky; you won't find it here; look another way. You won't find it here; so die another day."......Dream Theater (Another Day)
"She shuts the doors & lights & lays her body on the bed; where images & words are running deep. She has too much pride to pull the sheets above her head; so quietly she lays & waits for sleep."......DT (Wait for Sleep, I&W)
"...I saw the future dressed as a stranger; love in a space-dye vest. Love is an act of blood and I'm bleeding a pool in the shape of a heart.".......DT (Space-dye Vest, Awake)
"We're taught unconditional love, that blood is thicker than water, that a parent's world would revolve around their son of their daughter. You pretended I was your own & even believed that you loved me; but were always threatened by some invisible blood line that only you could see."..........DT (Honor Thy Father, ToT)
"I can learn to resist, anything but temptation; I can learn to coexist with anything but pain. I can learn to compromise, anything but my desire. I can learn to get along, with anything I can't explain.".....Rush (Resist, TFE)
"I thought I'd come to you & say all the things I had on my mind. I thought it might be really great to show you how I feel inside. Then I think....maybe NOT!
I thought I'd come to you & say everything within my heart. I just can't look the other way & wait for us to grow apart. Then I think....what's the point!"........Spock's Beard (Thoughts-Pt 2, V)
"We said our good-byes...love was in your eyes (the night before). Treat me like you did the night before. Now today I find, you would change your mind. Treat me like you did the night before"......The Beatles (The Night Before, Help)
I walk beside you. Wherever you are; whatever it takes; through all that may come; no matter how far...." DT (I Walk Beside You, Octavarium)

My Interests

Traveling, running, tennis/racquet ball, lots of outdoor stuff, listening to music/going to concerts, artistic stuff plus anything new & exciting.

I'd like to meet:




'Success is getting up just one more time than you fall down'...Chinese proverb

Music:

Music of interest:
PROG ROCK - DREAM THEATER, RUSH, SPOCK'S BEARD, SYMPHONY X, JOE SATRIANI, LED ZEPPELIN, GENESIS etc;
Various Side Projects: Liquid Tension Experiment, Transatlantic, O.S.I., Yellow Matter Custard, Oysterhead, James LaBrie, etc
DEATH/BLACK METAL & ALTERNATIVE ROCK & OTHER GENRES - Cannibal Corpse, Children of Bodom, Trivium, Opeth, Lamb of God, Korn, Primus, Fear Factory, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, "Weird Al", Crash Test Dummies, DMB, BHTM, the Beatles, old school Metallica & KISS, Def Leppard, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins & the list goes on...
Ultimately, I like anything with a good beat and dynamic rhythm.
ROCK ON!!!

Movies:

Legends of the Fall, Mystery Men, City of Angels, Dead Poets Society, Dances with Wolves, Pride & Prejudice, The Lake House, The Shawshank Redemption, Star Wars (Episodes IV - VI), Kevin Smith Movies (Dogma, Clerks I & II, Mallrats, etc **Snoochy Boochies**), Tim Burton Movies (Beetlejuice, Men in Black, Nightmare before Christmas), John Hughes Movies (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club), Quentin Tarantino Movies (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill), Adam Sandler Movies (Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore), Office Space, Super Troopers, Beer Fest, Matrix Trilogy, The Blues Brothers (We are on a mission from God).

Television:

The Office, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Man vs Wild, Rescue Me, House, Scrubs
Law & Order, CSI
Dirty Jobs, Unwrapped---Most shows on Discovery Channel & Food Network(just to show my nerd-like tendencies)
VH1 (I Love the 70s, 80s,etc).

Books:

Favorite Authors: Dean R. Koontz & Anne Rice

Heroes:

My mother - she has overcome many trials in her life and has always stood by my side. She's been my best friend and given me the strength to become the woman I am today.

My Blog

ONE LITTLE ROSE

ONE LITTLE ROSE I would rather have one little rose From the garden of a friend. Than to have the choicest flowers When my stay on earth has end. I would rather have one pleasant word In kindness ...
Posted by ~MELISSA~ on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:01:00 PST

A memorable Dream Theater show&read on if you desire

On a Sunday night my husband and I decided that it would be fun to catch DT one more time before M:2000 would come to an end.  Our days off that week lined up with the Tuesday night show in Sheff...
Posted by ~MELISSA~ on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:37:00 PST